SuinUiy. iifUT a lrii> of SL-\x-n dav^, <hnin,L; \\h\ch lime Ihey 

 r.nk- i.v inik-s over an ahno>l iinpL-iR-trabk- country, and 

 ainon- Uk- mounlains some 4500 feel al>ove tide level. 

 For ei-lil miles of thai dislanee llie road was so ron-h 

 that horses could not l.e taken through, and the eamp 

 stuff had to be dragged and pitched over fallen timber, 

 around rocks, under rocks and over rocks. One ot the 

 party claims this to be his twenty-second annual hunting 

 trip, and he vows he never saw anything to equal it for 

 roughness and difficulties. They bristled with every ste]). 

 One caribou and three deer were shot, and as they 

 couldn't drag their game out of the country after killing 

 it. they gave up the hunt as a bad job and returned to 

 the car, having taken three days to go u]) the numntains 

 and two to return. 



Two of the hunters, Messrs. W. K. Harmon and J. 

 G. Brewer, of Boston, had come out deternnned to get 

 some big game, even if they had to go alone after it. 

 They hired an Indian guide and a cook, got pack horses 

 and i.rovi>ions and again started out into the mountains 

 where they proposed hunting big horn shee]> up above 

 the .Mlow line. They made their way thn.u-h trom Can- 

 adian territory int.. the knited States, arriving at Spokane, 

 Washington a distance of 245 nnles, camping up in the 

 snow for several days, climbing around snow peaks in 

 moccasins, but always trying to keep face to the win. 1. 

 They finallv succeeded in killing four m..nntain .sheep 

 and three deer, but tlie hardships and exposure they 

 endured, as evidenced by their t..rn tlesh an.l clothing. 

 will keep them from trying it again for some time at least. 

 As vears glide by and civilization approaches nearer and 



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